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DEFINITION: n. A person who wants to monopolize all of someone's love and tries to prevent them from sharing it with others.v. To monopolize someone's love.
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Cherholder
Created by: toadstool57
Pronunciation: Cher-hol-der
Sentence: David thinks he can hold on to Cher as his girlfriend. His plan is to spend every minute with her so she can't get interested in any men.
Etymology: Cher, david's girl/ hold, to hang on/shareholder, people that hold stock in, or part ownership in something.
Amoravore
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: am-or-a-vor
Sentence: Rachel gets jealous just when Doug goes through checkout if the checkout person is female. She is a bit of an amoravore
Etymology: "amora" from the Latin for word "amore" (love); "vore" as in eater.
Attentioneer
Created by: javex
Pronunciation: Uh-ten-shun-eer
Sentence: Look, I'd love to stay and talk with you, but my attentioneer of a wife is running over here, and she doesn't really look too happy...
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
Bleachy keen, Javex! - Nosila, 2009-11-03: 23:44:00
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Wildoatstamer
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: wild-oats-tamer
Sentence: Rufus was a renowned oats cultivator, but after meeting Dora, an honest to goodness wildoatstamer, he confined his sowing to his own farm.
Etymology: wild oats (sharing ones love around) + tamer (as in lion tamer, someone who deals with wild things)
Leashentious
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: leash/en/shush
Sentence: Sally was so leashentious that she bought her boyfriend a special choker that was electronically hooked up to her earrings so that she could monitor his behavior. This way she could prevent him from having illicit leashaisons.
Etymology: leash + licentious
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COMMENTS:
Good one...you need to get them into Walmart for Christmas! - Nosila, 2008-06-24: 20:28:00
good word;like the story too. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-25: 06:41:00
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Kisswurst
Created by: thefreewheeler
Pronunciation: kiss worst
Sentence: I thought Mandy would be cool about me chatting with my old co-worker Lyndsy, but she turned out to be a real kisswurst.
Etymology:
Restraintionship
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: re-strain-tion-ship
Sentence: At first he thought Jill was perfect but Jack soon realized that he was in a restraintionsip and it was going to be hard to break free of her control. Seeing her in her black leather boots, though, he had to admit that there was something about the shock collar that excited him.
Etymology: restrain: to hold back or keep in control + restraint: the condition of being restrained + relationship
Lovaritia
Created by: jjlmfay
Pronunciation: Low-wah-ree-tia
Sentence: His paranoia was growing with the passing of each day apart. He had become a lovaritia, consumed with control and love turned something sickly. Her affection wasn't enough, he had to have all of her.
Etymology: love (deep affection for someone) + avaritia (Latin for greed)
Clingoring
Created by: emmyb2
Pronunciation: cling-a-ring
Sentence: Suzie is nothing but a clingoring; I'd recommend you stay away from her.
Etymology: cling + ring
Unclehoneybags
Created by: playdohheart
Pronunciation: unk-el-hun-e-bag-s
Sentence: Monica knew Zoltan was a total unclehoneybags when he asked her to stay at his place and have a "snugglefest" instead of attending her mother's 84th birthday party.
Etymology: "Uncle Moneybags" - the little guy in the top hat from Monopoly, and "Honey" - an affectionate nickname for a significant other
Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
See the top 4 words of the day at Why were you looking at that girl? ~ James
- 2008-04-20: 01:04:00
good stuffing
- 2008-04-20: 01:08:00
hairy!
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James
lumina - 2009-11-04: 17:09:00
Thanks for the welcome back Nos. Totally forgot about this fun place. Time to sharpen my verbotomizing skills again. Helloooo methrohumanx!